Divergent responses to warming of two common co-occurring Mediterranean bryozoans.

ABSTRACT: Climate change threatens the structure and function of marine ecosystems, highlighting the importance of understanding the response of species to changing environmental conditions. However, thermal tolerance determining the vulnerability to warming of many abundant marine species is still poorly understood. In this study, we quantified in the field the effects of a temperature anomaly recorded in the Mediterranean Sea during the summer of 2015 on populations of two common sympatric bryozoans, Myriapora truncata and Pentapora fascialis. Then, we experimentally assessed their thermal tolerances in aquaria as well as different sublethal responses to warming. Differences between species were found in survival patterns in natural populations, P. fascialis showing significantly lower survival ra

SUBMITTER: Pages-Escola M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6265274 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature